T. Emmet Clarie

T. Emmet Clarie
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office
January 1, 1983 – September 24, 1997
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office
1974–1983
Preceded by Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld
Succeeded by T. F. Gilroy Daly
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office
September 18, 1961 – January 1, 1983
Appointed by John F. Kennedy
Preceded by Seat established by 75 Stat. 80
Succeeded by Peter Collins Dorsey
Personal details
Born Thomas Emmet Clarie
(1913-01-01)January 1, 1913
Killingly, Connecticut
Died September 24, 1997(1997-09-24) (aged 84)
Danielson, Connecticut
Political party Democratic
Residence Danielson, Connecticut
Education Providence College (Ph.B.)
Hartford College of Law (LL.B.)

Thomas Emmet Clarie (January 1, 1913 – September 24, 1997) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Education and career

Clarie was born on January 1, 1913, in Killingly, Connecticut,[1] to his father, Thomas C. Clarie, who was a building contractor and stonemason and his mother Kathryn Burns Clarie.[1][2] Clarie received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1933 from Providence College and a Bachelor of Laws in 1938 from Hartford College of Law (now University of Connecticut School of Law). He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1937 to 1943, serving as Democratic floor leader from 1939 to 1943. He entered private practice in Danielson, Connecticut from 1940 to 1961. He was an assistant to the state statute revision commissioner in 1945. He served on the Connecticut State Liquor Commission from 1949 to 1961, as commissioner from 1949 to 1955 and as Chairman from 1955 to 1961. He was Clerk for the Connecticut Senate in 1949. He was prosecutor for the Killingly Town Court in Danielson in 1951.[3]

Federal judicial service

Clarie was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on September 5, 1961, to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, to a new seat authorized by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 14, 1961, and received his commission on September 18, 1961. He served as Chief Judge from 1974 to 1983. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1977 to 1980. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1983.[3] His service terminated on September 24, 1997, due to his death of viral pneumonia in Danielson.[2]

Notable case

Clarie's most famous case was the trial of members of the Puerto Rican nationalist group Los Macheteros accused of robbing a Wells Fargo bank in West Hartford, Connecticut of nearly $7.6 million. Claire presided over the trial, at which the defense lawyers were William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass. By 1989, most of the 19 defendants were convicted (either at trial or following a guilty plea); three were fugitives who were never captured, one was acquitted, and one defendant's charges were dismissed. Clarie was credited with keeping cool under pressure.[1][2]

Personal

Although Clarie kept his chambers in Hartford, Connecticut, the state capital, he lived in the rural small town of Danielson in a Colonial-style house on a 220-acre farm, making the 104-mile round trip almost every workday.[1][2] He considered himself a small-town lawyer.[2] Clarie was married to Gertrude Reynolds Clarie (d. 1995).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mark Pazniokas, Judge T. Emmet Clarie Dies: Jurist In Wells Fargo Robbery Trial Was 84, Hartford Courant (September 26, 1997).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anthony Ramirez, T. Emmet Clarie, 84, Judge At Long Trial of Nationalists, New York Times (September 27, 1997).
  3. 1 2 T. Emmet Clarie at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Seat established by 75 Stat. 80		 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
1961–1983		 Succeeded by
Peter Collins Dorsey
Preceded by
Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
1974–1983		 Succeeded by
T. F. Gilroy Daly
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